Acts 23:11-22 - The Plot Against Paul
11 And on the following night, the Lord stood by him, and said: Take courage; for as you have testified of me in Jerusalem, so must you testify also in Rome.
12 And when it was day, the Jews combined together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And there were more than forty who formed this conspiracy. 14 And they went to the chief priests and elders, and said: We have surely bound ourselves under a curse, that we will taste nothing till we have killed Paul. 15 Now, therefore, do you, together with the Sanhedrin, give notice to the officer, that he bring him down to you to-morrow, as if you intended to inquire more accurately into the matters concerning him: and before he comes near, we are ready to kill him.
16 But the son of Paul's sister heard of the plot, and he went and entered the fortress, and told Paul. 17 And Paul called one of the centurions to him, and said: Conduct this young man to the officer, for he has something to tell him.
18 So he took him, and led him to the officer, and said: The prisoner Paul called me to him, and requested me to conduct this young man to you; for he has something to tell you.
19 And the officer took him by the hand, and went aside with him privately, and in quired: What is it that you have to tell me?
20 He answered: The Jews have agreed to request you to bring Paul down into the Sanhedrin to-morrow, as if they intended to inquire some thing more accurately concerning him. 21 Do not, however, be persuaded by them; for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him; and they have bound themselves under a curse, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you.
22 Then the officer sent the young man away, with this charge: Tell no one that you have made these things known to me.